^aLaboratory of Innate Immunity, CHU Ste-Justine Research Center/Department of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases & Immunology, University of Montreal

^bDivision of Hematology & Chronic Viral Illness Service, McGill University

^cDepartment of Biological Sciences, UQAM

^dCHUM/Department of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases & Immunology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Québec, Canada.

Correspondence to Ali Ahmad, DVM, MSc, PhD, Room 6731A, 3175 Cote Ste-Catherine, Montreal, Québec H3T 1C5, Canada. E-mail: [email protected]

Received 22 February, 2018

Accepted 11 April, 2018